The original hope after I broke my leg was to be back walking by July and into the woods again by August. Then there was that setback, when I injured myself doing an exercise my physiotherapist gave me. Initially, it felt like a 3 week setback, but then I had knee problems, and 3 weeks became 6.
Today, I entered the woods for the first time since early April when I was out servicing bear cameras. Okay, it wasn't all that exciting -- just a 4.5 km trip to the Banff Park boundary markers and back. But it was exciting for me.
Since the last time I was on this short trail, someone built a new bench in the middle of nowhere out of plastic and pressure treated wood -- next to an older bench that was in the middle of nowhere.
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| Not much of a view |
It is trying to turn fall here.
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| We call it the Elk Meadow |
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| Some plant Karen doesn't know |
I made it to the park boundary & back -- 4.5 km round trip -- with only leg muscle fatigue as an issue. Well, that and walking on a really crappy trail. Maybe I'm just out of practice.
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| Park Boundary marker |
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| Warning signs at the park edge |
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| The meadows inside the park. Mt. Rundle in the background |
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| More meadows. Peaks of the Fairholme Range |
It seemed like a good day to play with HDR photos.
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| What it sorta looked like |
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| HDR version |
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| More of it |
Even though we have run across a few bears in our 'hood in the last week or so, we saw only old bear poo to suggest any are around. We saw a few elk tracks, and not much else, except for this female spruce grouse.
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| Pretending she isn't there |
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| Trying to be invisible |
There were other cool things, like fireweed in serious bloom...
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| Very red |
...and a mushroom growing out of a tree.
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| Strange, that |
It was nice to get back into the woods. I'm headed up to Sunshine Meadows on Thursday to explore with my fellow SnowHosts. Here's hoping the weather holds.
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